Frank van hennik



No. 823,344. Patented Apr. l8, I899.

' F. VAN HENNlKg GAME.

(Application filed June 2, 1898.) (No Model.)

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GAME.

SPECIFICATION forming part of Letters Patent No. 623,344, dated April 18, 1899.

Application filed June 2,

1'0 rn/TZ 10/1/0717, it may concern:

Be it known that I, FRANK VAN HENNIK, a citizen of the United States of America, and a resident of Yonkers, countyof Westchester, and State of New York, have invented certain new and useful Improvements in Games, of which the following is a specification.

Thisinvention comprises a horizon tal gameboard with movable elements. Upon this game-board men are moved as indicated by the dice throws of the respective players on a field of play which is ruled in a series of parallel courses, these being subdivided into oblong spaces or stations. Certain of the stations on this board are given designations which are used in the game of basket-ball. The game-board is also provided with alleys along which marbles are aimed for depressions known as baskets.

In the accompanying drawing, which forms a partof this specification, the figure shows a game-board embodying my invention, together with the accessory elements for playing the game.

The game-board, which is surrounded by a frame, is divided into three sections--a field of play f and two alleys a a. These three sections are separated from each other by the two partitions p p. -The field of play is in the middle. It is subdivided by four .lines intofivelongitudinalcourses. Thesecourses are designated at both ends by numbers from 1 to 5, by which the courses are known to the players of the game. The numbers at one end designate the courses and the men placed on them to the player or players on the one side, while the numbers at the oppo-' site end are for the player or players of the other side. The numbers at each end if viewed from the end at which they are placed read from right to left in the order 5 3 l 2 4. The numbers at the opposite ends of any course are therefore not the same, with the exception of the center course. Parallel cross-lines subdivide the five courses into 0blong spaces or stations. Certain of these stations, which hold corresponding positions on all the courses, are designated by the terms Shoot, Out of bounds, and Foul, the terms being taken from the game of basket ball. Stations bearing these names have dif- 1898. Serial No- 682,341.

ferent colors,but all stations of the same name (N 0 model.)

are marked by lhe same color. The differentlycolored stations are represented in the drawing by distinctive forms of shading. Each end of the field of play is markedHome.

The alleys a a are narrow courses separated from the field of play by partitions and exten ding length wise of the game-board. Near one end of'eaoh alley is a spot 8. Near the other end of each alley is a depression cl, called a basket. The spotof one alleyis at one end of the board and the spot of the other alley is at the opposite end of the board. On the side frame at each end of the game-board is a row of holes, in which a pin may be moved along to keep the score. I

The game is played with two teams of five men each. dark to distinguish them from the men n on the opposing team, which are shaded light. In each team the man starting on station No. 1 is known as center, on No. 2 as right forward, on No. 3 as left forward, on No. 4' as right guard, and on No. 5 as left guard. Each side is provided with a small ball 7, which is used only in the alleys. Each side is also provided with-a dice-box and dice. In the figure these are shown for convenience in the alleys. hen the ball is in play, they are, however, removed. The spot sin each alley is the starting-point for the ball, and the basket is the goal. The ball is propelled by a snap of the finger.

The game may be played by two or more persons. If played by more than two, the players will divide between the two sides and the players on each side will take turns. At the opening of the game the teams of men are set out at the ends of the courses on the stations which are marked Home. then commences the play by a dice throw. If 6 is thrown, the play is lost. Otherwise the player is allowed to move out one space that man whose number corresponds to the dice throw. The play then passes alternately between the sides. On any succeeding throw the player is entitled to move forward as many stations as the dice throw any man that has already been moved from the end station of the course, or if the number thrown corresponds to the number of a man still on the home-line that man may be moved forward one station. If a move places a man on a space The men an of one team are shaded One side marked Shoot, the player is entitled to a shoot for the basket, which, if made, counts two points. Should a player by moving put a man on a station on his side of .the center of the board which is marked Out of bounds, he is required to move the man back three stations to a station marked Shoot and give the opposing side a shoot for the basket,which if made,will give that side two points. Should a player by moving put a man on a station beyond the center of the board which is marked Out of bounds, he is required to move the man back three stations to a station marked Foul, and the opposing side is given a shoot for the basket, which, if made, will give that side one point. Should a player by moving forward put a man on a stationmarked Foul, he must return the man to the beginning of the course, and the man can be again started only on its number being thrown, as in the beginning of the game. This also gives the opposing side a shoot for the basket, which, if made, gives that side one point. Should a player by moving puta man on the station marked Home at the farther end of the course, he is given a shoot for the basket, which, if made, counts two points. No

man can be moved onto the space occupied by another man; but one man can jump another man. If no man can be moved the number of stations indicated by the throw except by moving onto a space already occupied, the turn is lost.

Having described my invention, what I claim, and desire to secure by Letters Patent of the United States, is

In a game-board, a field of play ruled in courses which are subdivided into stations, certain of which are designated by terms which are used in the game of basket-ball, in.

FRANK VAN HENNIK.

\Vit-nesses:

SAMUEL XV. BALCH, CHARLES -B. ASH. 

